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Dice and dice games goes back to the Middle Eastern Crusades, but modern craps is only about a century old. Current craps come about from the 12th Century English game called Hazard. Nobody knows for certain the birth of the game, although Hazard is said to have been discovered by the Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, around the twelfth century. It’s theorized that Sir William’s horsemen wagered on Hazard through a blockade on the citadel Hazarth in 1125 AD. The title Hazard was acquired from the fortress’s name.
Early French colonizers brought the game Hazard to Canada. In the 18th century, when displaced by the British, the French relocated down south and settled in southern Louisiana where they after a while became known as Cajuns. When they departed Acadia, they took their favorite game, Hazard, with them. The Cajuns streamlined the game and made it fair mathematically. It is believed that the Cajuns altered the name to craps, which is derived from the term for the non-winning throw of two in the game of Hazard, referred to as "crabs."
From Louisiana, the game moved to the Mississippi scows and all over the nation. A good many consider the dice builder John H. Winn as the father of modern craps. In 1907, Winn built the current craps setup. He put in place the Do not Pass line so gamblers can wager on the dice to lose. Later, he invented the spots for Place wagers and added the Big 6, Big 8, and Hardways.
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